and i would tell bridget phillipson to reflect seriously on that aspect.o in her face and you tell. >> but for me, right, this points to like a critical because we've got so many plans coming up. apparently labour you're going to have text message system. message warning system. you've got this national database. you name but we've got this name it. but we've got this nofion name it. but we've got this notion this country, right, notion in this country, right, that kids learn same that all kids learn the same way. need to be taught way. they all need to be taught this stuff that's this ridiculous stuff that's getting by getting more ridiculous by the day. um, that you're day. anyway um, and that you're going everyone in going to measure everyone in the same with academic same way with these academic outputs. i actually just think the education system is broken. so i like to see from so what i would like to see from labour whoever, kevin, is labour or whoever, kevin, is more reform. more radical reform. >> think michel, more radical reform. >> think michel ,

bridget phillipson. don't phillipson. thank you.ng to speaking minute i'm going to be speaking to laura trott. don't 7:00. this evening. gb news the people's . channel. people's. channel. well come back to the camilla tominey show. >> we're just waiting for laura trott, the chief secretary to the treasury , to be prepared for the treasury, to be prepared for our interview. the meantime, our interview. in the meantime, i'm to bring matt goodwin our interview. in the meantime, i'm ask:o bring matt goodwin our interview. in the meantime, i'm ask youing matt goodwin our interview. in the meantime, i'm ask you ag matt goodwin our interview. in the meantime, i'm ask you a littlet goodwin our interview. in the meantime, i'm ask you a little bit)odwin in and ask you a little bit about what going to talk to about what i'm going to talk to laura about. matt's a laura trott about. matt's a professor in politics and pollster at does lot of pollster at does a lot of polling us at gb so polling for us at gb news. so thank you very much for that,

shadow education secretary bridget phillipson says she's sceptical. >> it's far from clear whether then will have sent any one to rwanda because, you know, we've sent more home secretaries to rwanda than we have asylum seekers. and even if the even if rwanda were to be an effective intervention, well, it intervention, well, even if it were to effective, you're were to be effective, you're talking about between 100 to 200 asylum seekers. it's1% talking about between 100 to 200 asylum seekers. it's 1% of the backlog of claims that we're facing at the moment. so it's just not the answer. it's a gimmick. what we to have is gimmick. what we need to have is a plan. as labour is set a serious plan. as labour is set out around tackling those cases, that backlog of cases and that huge backlog of cases and ending use of inappropriate ending the use of inappropriate accommodation hotels, accommodation such as hotels, the uk is set to invest £300 million in fuel to power the next generation of nuclear reactors. >> the funding will support domestic production of uranium fuel that's required by most

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shadow education secretary bridget phillipson set out the proposed measures today, which also include health support for students. a coroner has confirmed that the singer sinead o connor died of natural causes. the irish musician was found unresponsive at her home in london injuly. she was best known for her hit single nothing compares to you, which brought her worldwide fame. she was 56 years old. the us secretary of state has said palestinians in northern gaza must be allowed to return home as soon as conditions allow, now that fighting there has eased. speaking in tel aviv, antony blinken insisted that although israel had washington's resolute backing, civilian deaths in gaza were "far too high". our international editor jeremy bowen is here. joining me now is our international editorjeremy bowen. this is his fourth trip to israel, what can he achieve? you this is his fourth trip to israel, what can he achieve? you must be caettin what can he achieve? you must be getting pretty _ what can he achieve? you must be getting pretty exasperated, - what can he achieve? you must be getting

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wasn't colleague bridget phillipson wasn as can be. brief as you can be. >> what are you going to don if get power in the if you get into power in the autumn, have left their autumn, may have left their schools already because their parents them, parents can't afford them, or indeed little schools have closed down because people can't afford the fees. you're going to have of new children have thousands of new children in system. how are you in the state system. how are you going accommodate on going to accommodate them? on day well, day one, brief answer well, let's look at the increase in private school fees over private school fees well over more decade . more than a decade. >> i'm not buying these . >> no, no, i'm not buying these. no, a minute. i'm not no, hang on a minute. i'm not buying these crocodile tears from private schools. hike from private schools. they hike their year after year their fees up year after year after year. >> council has talked about there 40,000 kids in the there being 40,000 kids in the system. this happens . system. if this happens. >> would say that,

speaking at an event in london earlier, bridget phillipson said parents should not children out of school not take children out of school for holidays or birthday for cheaper holidays or birthday treats. it's after more than a fifth of pupils in england were persistently across the persistently absent across the autumn and spring terms in 2022 and 2023. in france , gabriel and 2023. in france, gabriel attal has become the country's youngest ever prime minister emmanuel macron says he wants to freshen things up in his second tum, ahead of the european parliament elections. the 34 year old, who's a close ally of the french president, is also the french president, is also the first prime minister to be openly gay . he made a name for openly gay. he made a name for himself during the covid pandemic as education pandemic as former education minister in the us, two airlines have found loose hardware during plane inspections. it's after a section of the fuselage fell from an alaska airlines 737 max nine on friday. the plane made an emergency landing, but luckily no passengers were injured. the o

. >> however, shadow education secretary bridget phillipson says the plan won't work. >> it's far from clear whether the plan will have sent any one to rwanda because, you know, we've sent more home secretaries to rwanda than we have asylum seekers. and even if the even if rwanda to be an effective rwanda were to be an effective intervention, well, even if it were be effective, you're were to be effective, you're talking about between 100 to 200 asylum seekers. it's1% talking about between 100 to 200 asylum seekers. it's 1% of the backlog of claims that we're facing moment. so it's facing at the moment. so it's just the answer. a just not the answer. it's a gimmick. what we need to have is a serious plan. as labour are set around tackling those set out around tackling those cases, huge backlog cases, that huge backlog of cases, that huge backlog of cases use of cases and ending the use of inappropriate accommodation such as , the environment as hotels, the environment agency is warning that flooding will continue during the next week as river levels remain high. >> more than 1800 prope

speed earlier at an event in london, bridget phillipson said parents should not take children out ofchool for cheaper holidays or for birthday treats. it comes after more than a fifth of pupils in england were persistently absent across the autumn and spring terms in 2022 and 2023. in france, gabriel attal has become the country's youngest ever prime minister in the last hour, the outgoing prime minister, elisabeth borne, handed over to her successor in paris . it follows her paris. it follows her resignation yesterday . french resignation yesterday. french president emmanuel macron says he wants to freshen things up in his second turm, ahead of the european parliament elections . european parliament elections. back in the uk , a court has back in the uk, a court has heard that harry pitman was stabbed to death with a hunting knife within yards of emergency service workers as a 16 year old boy has appeared at the old bailey today over the killing , bailey today over the killing, which happened as harry waited to watch firework in north london midnight on london just before midnight o

. >> shadow education >> however, shadow education secretary bridget phillipson says the plan will notork . says the plan will not work. >> it's far from clear whether the plan will have sent anyone to rwanda because, you know, we've sent more home secretaries to rwanda than we have asylum seekers. and even if the even if rwanda were to be an effective intervention, well, even if it were effective, you're were to be effective, you're talking between 100 to 200 talking about between 100 to 200 asylum seekers. it's1% talking about between 100 to 200 asylum seekers. it's 1% of the backlog of claims that we're facing at the moment. so it's just not the answer. it's a gimmick. what to have is gimmick. what we need to have is a plan. as labour is set a serious plan. as labour is set out around tackling those cases, that backlog cases and that huge backlog of cases and ending use of inappropriate ending the use of inappropriate accommodation as hotels . accommodation such as hotels. >> a man's been charged with a series of drug offences after cash and drugs worth £350,000 were recovered from

. >> however, shadow education secretary bridget phillipson says the plan will not work . says the plan will not work. >> it's far from clear whether the plan will have sent anyone to rwanda because, you know, we've sent more home secretaries to rwanda than we have asylum seekers. and even if the even if rwanda were to be an effective intervention, well, even if it were effective, you're were to be effective, you're talking about between 100 to 200 asylum it's 1% of the asylum seekers. it's 1% of the backlog of claims that we're facing at the moment. so it's just the answer. it's just not the answer. it's a gimmick. we need to have gimmick. what we need to have is a plan. as labour are a serious plan. as labour are set around tackling set out around tackling those cases huge backlog of cases cases that huge backlog of cases and ending the use of inappropriate accommodation such as hotels after a teenage boy and a man have died after a car left a road in lincolnshire and became submerged in water, police are appealing for witnesses after the 16 year old boy and 40 year old man were kille

just look at what bridget phillipson going she's phillipson is going to do.'s going to things like a breakfast breakfast clubs will actually sort out the cost of living, get children into school. it is a really, really good idea. it's been costed and she has been talking about it for two years. >> scarlett henry , thank >> okay. scarlett henry, thank you very much. that got a bit feisty , didn't it? thank you so feisty, didn't it? thank you so much. have you. lots much. good to have you. lots more coming up today's show. more coming up on today's show. liverpool managerjurgen klopp. liverpool manager jurgen klopp. he's off at the end of the season. but what does this mean for the rest of the season? all that and more to come. i'm pip tomson we're having a bit of a pip talk today. tomson we're having a bit of a pip talk today . you're watching pip talk today. you're watching and listening to gb news on britain's news channel 2024. >> a battleground year, the year the nation decides as the parties gear up their campaigns for the next general election, who will

we'll also get the labour view from bridget phillipson.he party. the right winger liam fox, and chair of the one nafion liam fox, and chair of the one nation group tory mps , damian nation group of tory mps, damian green. do they make of the green. what do they make of the mounting threat from the reform party prospect of party and the prospect of a resurgent nigel farage? as resurgent nigel farage? and as we kick off 2024, we'll get some analysis of all the latest polling from matt goodwin. let's get the show started, as eveh let's get the show started, as ever, with the papers. john sergeant, the former bbc and itn political correspondent, joins

come out bridget phillipson to come out and with all these and come out with all these plans, actuallycovid actually fought to try and keep the and the the schools closed and, and the unions very much not unions as well. very much not wanting kids back classrooms . wanting kids back in classrooms. and have a lot questions and they have a lot of questions to about levels of to answer about the levels of absenteeism we're dealing absenteeism that we're dealing with yeah, mean, with today. yeah, i mean, i think that obviously that covid plays certain part this. plays a certain part in this. >> think that the keeping >> and i think that the keeping schools closed bit was obviously one of the most controversial aspects whole whole aspects of the whole whole pandemic. and the one thing that the current public inquiry needs to look into to decide what to do in the future. but the argument at the time was that even if the kids weren't going to get terribly ill, or they'd bnng to get terribly ill, or they'd bring it home to vulnerable parents or to grandparents , so parents or to grandparents,

question on private schools, your private schools, because your colleague phillipson colleague bridget phillipsonf be. brief as you can be. >> are you going to do with >> what are you going to do with those children who probably when, get into in when, if you get into power in the autumn, may have left their schools already because their parents afford or parents can't afford them, or indeed schools indeed little schools have closed because can't closed down because people can't afford the fees. you're going to have of new children have thousands of new children in the state system. how are you going accommodate on going to accommodate them? on day answer well , day one? brief answer well, let's at the increase in let's look at the increase in private over more private school fees over more than a decade. >> no no no , i'm not buying >> no no no, i'm not buying these. hang a minute. these. no, hang on a minute. i'm not these crocodile not buying these crocodile tears from schools. hike from private schools. they hike their fees year after year their fees up year after year after year. >> councill

speaking at an event in london, bridget phillipson said parents shouldn't take children out of school or birthday treats. that's after more than a fifth of pupils in england were persistent, absent across the autumn and spring. terms of 22 and 23. now let's bnng terms of 22 and 23. now let's bring you an update on events in ecuadon bring you an update on events in ecuador, where the authorities have regained control of a tv station after hooded gunmen burst onto the set earlier on. today live television images did show masked men, some waving guns inside the television station. that happening in the southwest of the country in guayaquil, in the port city. there it's a day after the country's president declared a state of emergency following the escape of one of the country's most notorious drug gang bosses from prison . gunmen were seen from prison. gunmen were seen telling staff to lie down and sit on the floor. multiple gunshots were fired and no police was being yelled. police have since confirmed 13 arrests have since confirmed 13 arrests have been made here at home. 2023 was the

uh, you've got bridget phillipson in terms of education, john healey in terms of defence, the shadowor is probably the best chancellor is probably the best chancellor you're ever going to have. there's money. wes have. there's no money. wes streeting. we will deal streeting. uh, but we will deal with money to with the, the money is going to be issue of how we continue be the issue of how we continue to raise more money and develop the country and move forward. at the country and move forward. at the moment, the tories aren't doing that. what need to the moment, the tories aren't doiisi that. what need to the moment, the tories aren't doiis get t. what need to the moment, the tories aren't doiis get back what need to the moment, the tories aren't doiis get back t0|at need to the moment, the tories aren't doiis get back to basicsneed to the moment, the tories aren't doiis get back to basics andi to the moment, the tories aren't doiis get back to basics and see do is get back to basics and see how we can get that going . how we can get that going. >> didn't well the first >> it didn't w

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no, no, phillipson has no, they bridget phillipson has specifically excluded them.l i will give stephen ground because stephen some ground because i think what what really think what is what has really shifted in the education system. and about this. and we need to talk about this. this this this is of course, at this moment don't moment many institutions don't provide education. they moment many institutions don't provide a education. they moment many institutions don't provide a certificate.. they moment many institutions don't provide a certificate. andy moment many institutions don't provide a certificate. and we pretend that people who get out of that have an education. so it's kind of it's, you know, it's kind of it's, you know, it's a credentialism it's a credentials mill, but is it really think really an education? and i think we very deeply really an education? and i think we what very deeply really an education? and i think we what futurey deeply really an education? and i think we what future education about what a future education looks like. one looks l